How do I write stuff at times other than 3am
How do I write stuff at times other than 3am
I wish coffee was a big drug for me like everybody else.
This is gonna be stupid and vague but my brain only shifts into high-activity write-mode at like 2 or 3 am. I get hit with genuis ideas and brilliant little plots, and then I have two options: wreck myself on an all-nighter before work, or sleep on these ideas and be unable to write jack shit next morning.
It's so stupid, all through the day my brain is asleep, then at night I become borderline manic and wanna write shit. Why, pls help.
BIT IDEA: 48 hour days where I get that maybe four hours of being free from anxiety-inducing external pressure. Just dont fuckin sleep lmao.
Spitballing here:
It might be anxiety-related.
A lot of people with chronic anxiety tend to get late-night zoomies because there's less pressure to perform and to do things because the world has gone to sleep and, suddenly, without all of that external pressure weighing down on that anxious mind you feel extremely motivated to do things or to revamp your life etc.
If we assume that this is the case for your experience and we assume that the major cause for your writer's block is anxiety-related (both of which are pretty plausible without actually knowing any specifics) then the logical conclusion is that you feel motivated to write at 3am not because of the positive presence of inspiration but because of the absence of anxiety, or the relief from it.
Obviously this is just wild speculation so take this guess with all due caution. It's easy enough to test whether this is the case in order to rule it in/out though and if you think it might be a fit then the next step would be looking at ways to manage your anxiety levels so that you can enjoy more creative pursuits.
I've heard this be called "Revenge Insomnia" because you're trying to make up late at night all the things your brain wants to do during the day.
This is a fantastic term, thank you for introducing it to me.